However, due to new Homeland Security laws, we must restrict the classification of the Tropics from "the bomb" to "the best invention mankind has ever discovered." Same thing, i know, but they're sticklers for semantics.

I just ordered the peach white tea and the tangerine white tea. I can't wait until they arrive. The only loose leaf white tea I've had previously is Stash Teas' White Tea w/ Lychee. It was very good but they don't make it anymore. Before that, I had only had Celestial Seasonings white tea, which tastes a great deal like cardboard.

the flavored whites are very good. but to be honest i am morally conflicted about putting anything in a white tea. I don't know, it just feels wrong to put any flavoring/sweetner in white tea. (i know, i am a tea fascist)

I just received my flavored white tea samples this week. So far I've tried the white peach, white pear, and white tangerine. I have really enjoyed all three and will we buying refills of one or two of them. The jury is still out on the white tropics. I haven't tried it yet because I can't seem to get past the smell. My batch has a very floral aroma. I was expecting to smell coconut and pineappple. I will force myself to try it this evening. My guess is that it will be delicious. I'll let you know.....

indeed the white tropics is "the bomb!" it could even be a weapon of mass destruction. i'm not really at liberty to drink anything with caffeine during the week as it keeps me awake but watch out on the weekends!!! whoohoo!

Libertatis wrote:the flavored whites are very good. but to be honest i am morally conflicted about putting anything in a white tea. I don't know, it just feels wrong to put any flavoring/sweetner in white tea. (i know, i am a tea fascist)

I am with you, give it to me straight the way white tea is meant to be. I have often called myself a tea purist...but fascist would work too.

The flavors of pure white are so sublime to begin with...that to add any flavoring or sweetener just masks the true flavor. Of course...I would say almost the same thing about any quality looseleaf tea.

Having said that and hoping that I have not offended anyone, I am sure that it is da bomb...

Often times...I am sure not in this case considering the source...flavorings cover a multitude of bad/cheap tea.
I would encourage anyone who has not done so already to give unadulterated white tea a try.

I am not saying that if you drink flavored white tea, you are wrong...I am just saying that I am right...HAHA.

I must admit, I didn't care much for the white teas (I've only had the flavored sampler pack) hot, but boy, they taste great iced.

White Peach is my wife and my favorite flavor. White tropics was pretty good as well, but not quite "da bomb"

I'm not sure I agree with how adagio recommends making iced tea. It seems to be a bit of a waste of leaves (especially at the cost of white leaves). Here's how we do it:

For about 1.25 liters (our pitcher size) I put 3 teaspoons worth of leaves in (basically 3 hot tea cups worth) into our tea pot. I let it steep, and then filter into the picture. Then I heat up some more water, put it on the same leaves, steep, filter into the pitcher. I keep repeating the process until the picture is full. Then I just stick it in the fridge for a few hours and serve over ice.

I drink my hot tea without sugar, but being from North Carolina, I simply can't go without some sugar in iced tea, so I add 3/8 cup sugar while the tea is still piping hot and stir it in.

That method would work fine with say a white, or an oolong, but not with a black. Whites and oolongs can me steeped more than once and are often better that way, but blacks can't really be steeped more than once and still taste good.

Has anybody purchased the White Tropics lately? I bought a batch a few months ago but it tasted AWFUL. Like it was fermented, and it tasted like alcohol. I mailed it back to Adagio and they said that there was nothing wrong with tea that's just the particular flavor that batch of Tropics had. I cannot imagine anyone wanting to drink, the taste in flavor from a batch I previously had was almost night and die.

They issued me a credit and I'm a little hesitant to order this now (even though the 1st batch was my favorite!) because of the experience I had with it. If anyone has gotten it recently and it tasted good let me know, I may give it a shot again with a sampler.